On Saturday we decided to escape the bleak neon and chain restaurant hell of touristy Orlando to drive up the east coast to the total opposite - the oldest settlement in the entire United States, St. Augustine. An absolutely beautiful town, we just intended on spending the day absorbing as much culture and history as humanly possible with the desire of returning ready to take on another month or so of artificial civilisation - until we drove past the St. Augustine Amphitheatre which happened to be advertising in flashing lights: "BLONDIE, TONIGHT!". As in the real Blondie? As in the legend that is 67 year old Debbie Harry? "I definitely think Lady Gaga copied Madonna, but then Madonna copied me so whatever". Tickets. Bought.
In a spontaneous ticket purchase first, a marvellous concert followed with all the big ones: "Atomic", "Call Me", "One Way or Another", "Dreaming", "The Tide is High" and of course "Heart of Glass" which was cleverly incorporated with Frankie Goes to Hollywood's era-defining "Relax". An amazing cover of American-radio-favourite-for-the-past-two-months-none-stop-if-I-hear-it-one-more-time-my-head-will-explode "Lights" by Ellie Goulding was even thrown in mid-way. More than anything it was an absolute joy to be metres away from a genuine popular music icon and surrounded by drunk mothers reliving an era we would kill to have been a part of. Someone else we can tick off their list and reminisce about upon their impending visit to the pearly gates, eh?
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